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Artist: Alborosie
Canonical path: /alborosie/money
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Money
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Money
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Death ova life!
Money ova people!
This world is crazy!
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..)
Mi seh fyah Babylon!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) Ooyy!
Money inna mi pocket dem neva enuff,
And dung inna Jamrock it's ruffer than ruff.
See dem bwoy dem a come fi dem cutter.
See di shotter dem a come fi dem cutter.
Mista Babylon a hustler cah some food affi run,
So di pasta rob di sista and di sista rob di sons.
So what a bomb mi inna this ya Gideon.
So what a bomb mi inna this ya Gideon.
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..) Fyah Babylon!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) Idiot thing!
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..)
Oh, what a bum, bum, bum!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) well!
Money come and fear mi it's a fever like ??.
You dancin' with di devil, but di party is not Bembe.
Dem a money idiot, dem a idiot call dem deh.
Dem a money idiot, dem a idiot call dem deh, ahh.
Money it's just paper, so money cyan talk.
Money cyan do miracles, mek people man walk.
Bwoy dutty money cyan save you from hell.
Bwoy dutty money a go send you to hell, woo!
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..) Fyah!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) Yo, yo!
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..) Fyah Babylon!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) Ooy!
Easy now puppa!
Tell dem fi sekkle and go sokkle!
Death ova life!
Paper ova people!
Dem crazy!
Heeyy!
Well, people kill fi money, people gwan kinda things.
Mother sell out a daughta mek she ??? dung har jeans
It's a global corruption, I seh Babylon.
It's a global corruption, I seh Babylon.
di rich a get rich a congregation a floss,
Everybody money freaky everybody get frass.
It's a global corruption, I seh Babylon.
It's a global corruption, I seh Babylon.
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..) Fyah Babylon!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..)
Oh what a bum, bum, bum!
(Money, money, money, people,
Is the root of all evil..)
Mi say fyah Babylon!
(Money, money, money, tell you,
Is the root of all evil..) Ooy!
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